Education 2014 - 2020 Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Information Technology University of Turku, Finland Thesis Title: The Use of Digital Games for Elderly People’s Physical Activity: A Case of Finland 2008 - 2012 Master of Information Systems Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Dissertation Title: Designing a Digital Social Activity Space for Older People in Singapore 2006 - 2007 Graduate Diploma in Systems Analysis National University of Singapore 2001 - 2005 Bachelor of Computer Science (Hons)
University of Computer Studies, Yangon, Myanmar
Work Experiences
Dec 2020 - Present
LecturerCurrent
International School of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University
Oct 2017 - Aug 2020
Lecturer Level B (Assistant Professor)
Swinburne Business School Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia
Mar 2017 - Jul 2017
Research Associate (Data Scientist)
Office of Education Research (OER), National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Aug 2015 - Apr 2016
Research Assistant
Turku Game Lab, and Department of Future Technologies
Apr 2014 - Aug 2014
University of Turku & Turku University of Applied Sciences
Finland
Dec 2011 - Apr 2014
Research Engineer
Health Innovation Technology Lab, and School of Digital Media, and Infocomm Technology
Nov 2014 - Aug 2015
Singapore Polytechnic
Singapore
Jul 2010 - Dec 2011
IT-Manager
Estate Buzz Pte Ltd., Singapore
Mar 2008 - Jan 2010
Research Project Officer
Division of Information Studies, Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Teaching Experience
Aug - Dec 2020 Guest Lecturer, King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Bangkok, Thailand
2017 - 2020
Full-time Lecturer
Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia
2016 - 2017
Guest Lecturer
Department of Future Technologies, University of Turku, Finland
2012 - 2015
Guest Lecturer
School of Digital Media and IT, Singapore Polytechnic
2010
Guest Lecturer
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Academic Visits
- Visiting Researcher, University of Information Technology, Yangon, Myanmar (2018)
- Research Student, School of ICT, Griffith University, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia (2016)
- Visiting Researcher, Department of Future Technologies, University of Turku, Finland (2015)
- Visiting Researcher, Turku Game Lab, Turku University of Applied Sciences, Finland (2014)
Scholarships
2017- 2019
Research Travel Grant
University of Turku, Finland
2015
Graduate Student Scholarship
University of Turku, Finland
2015
Graduate Research Scholarship
Griffith University, Queensland, Australia
2014
Graduate Student Scholarship
University of Turku, Finland
Research Grant
2019
Research Publications Grant
Faculty of Business and Law, Swinburne University of Technology
2018
Early Career Research Grant
Faculty of Business and Law, Swinburne University of Technology
Invited Talks
2018
“Gamification for Active Ageing”
Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia
2017
“The Use of Digital Games for Older Adults in Finland”
Singapore Management University
2016 - 2017
“Introduction to Gamification”
Gamification Course, Summer School at the University of Turku, Finland
2012 - 2014
“Introduction to Interaction Design”
DMIT, Singapore Polytechnic
Selected Publications
- Pyae, A. (2018). Understanding the role of culture and cultural attributes in digital game localization. Entertainment Computing, 26, pp.105-116. (Q1 Scopus/ A*)
- Nakia, A., Pyae, A. , Luimula, M., Hongo, S., Vuola, and Smed. J. (2015). Investigating the effects of motion-based Kinect game system on user cognition. J Multimodal User Interfaces. DOI 10.1007/s12193-015-0197-0 (Q1 Scopus/ A*)
- Theng, Y. L., & Pyae, A. (2012). Investigating effects of avatars on primary school children’s affective responses to learning. Journal on Multimodal User Interfaces, 5(1), 45-52 (Q1 Scopus/ A*)
A-ranked Conferences
- Pyae, A. & Scifleet, P. (2019). Investigating the Role of User’s English Language Proficiency in Using a Voice User Interface: A Case of Goolge Home Smart Speaker. SIGCHI 2019, Glasgow, UK.
- Pyae, A. & Joelsson, T. N. (2018). Investigating the Usability and User Experiences of Voice User Interface: A Case of Google Home Smart Speaker. 20th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services (MobileHCI).
- Pyae, A. (2018). The Use of Digital Games for Older Adults’ Physical Activity: A Case of Finland. CHIPLAY 2018, Melbourne, Australia.
- Pyae, A. , Luimula, M., & Smed, J. (2017b). Investigating Players' Engagement, Immersion, and Experiences in Playing Pokemon Go. Paper presented at the Proceedings of the 2017 ACM SIGCHI Conference on Creativity and Cognition, Singapore, Singapore
Professional Certifications
2018
Information Visualization (Interaction-Design Org)
2018
Usability Testing (Interaction-Design Org)
2017
Designing Gamification (Udemy)
2017
Introduction to User Experience Design (Georgia Institute of Technology)
International Collaboration
- Ghent University, Belgium
- Sendai-Finland Wellbeing Center, Japan
- Technology Research Center, Finland
- Griffith University, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- University of Information Technology, Yangon, Myanmar
Research Profile
- Google Scholar (https://scholar.google.com.au/citations?user=jc6OXLAAAAAJ&hl=en)
- Citation Count - 309 (as of 01/2021)
- h-index 11
- i10-index 14
- Research Gate (https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Aung_Pyae)